An award-winning Colorado journalist and former Denver7 reporter, Cynthia Hessin, died Friday, Nov. 22, after a battle with cancer. She was 73.
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Robert Garrison | Denver7
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11/25/24
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He made his mark on newspapers in Atlanta, San Francisco and Baltimore, but may be best known for having been abducted in Atlanta in 1974.
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Sam Roberts | The New York Times
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11/21/24
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His intrepid reporting and erudite columns for The Washington Post made him for decades a leading voice in world affairs.
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Emily Langer | The Washington Post
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11/8/24
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He wrote the Press Clips column for The Village Voice, held top jobs at Inc. magazine and Slate, and wrote a book about how the startup magazine The Industry Standard fizzled.
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Richard Sandomir | The New York Times
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11/4/24
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Richard N. Winfield, a leading U.S. First Amendment lawyer who represented The Associated Press for three decades and championed freedom of expression for journalists around the world, died on Tuesday, Oct. 22. He was 91.
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David Bauder | The Associated Press
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10/29/24
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Tom Jarriel spent 38 years at the network before retiring in 2002.
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Staff | ABC 7 News
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10/28/24
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Ralph Jennings, who gave stature, stability, prosperity and influence to WFUV, Fordham University’s radio station, died on Oct. 9 in Manhattan. He was 86.
His death, at a hospital, was …
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Alex Traub | New York Times
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10/21/24
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A veteran foreign correspondent during the Cold War, he was held on trumped-up espionage charges. He credited President Ronald Reagan with fighting for his release.
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Robert D. McFadden | The New York Times
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10/20/24
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The Detroit Free Press and the craft of journalism have lost a friend, inspiration and champion.
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Neal Rubin | Detroit Free Press
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10/18/24
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In addition to covering the 1992 riots and other historically significant events, Warren Wilson helped facilitate the surrenders of 22 fugitives.
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Richard Sandomir | The New York Times
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10/11/24
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Over four decades, Donald L. Barlett and his colleague James B. Steele at The Philadelphia Inquirer gained renown for resourceful, often explosive investigative journalism.
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Glenn Rifkin | The New York Times
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10/10/24
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From the early 1990s to 2008, Orange County Register obituary reporter Robin Hinch chronicled thousands of lives, trying to capture the essence of each in around 750 words. Now, it’s time for the Register to tell her life story. Hinch died in her sleep early in the morning on Oct. 1. She was 82.
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Jonathan Horwitz | Orange County Register
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10/9/24
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Sammy Lopez, executive director of the New Mexico Press Association, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 6. His family was with him at the hospital, after having suffered a stroke the day before.
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Barbara Beck, president | New Mexico Press Association
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10/8/24
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Tipped off by the detective Frank Serpico, he wrote an explosive series on police corruption in New York City, sparking an investigation by the Knapp commission.
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Trip Gabriel | The New York Times
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10/7/24
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Richard “Dick” Tobin Thieriot was born into the newspaper profession, and he loved it. His great-grandfather co-founded the Chronicle in 1865, he learned the business from the time he could write, and the day before he died on Sept. 27, he was working hard in his office. Like any go-getter editor would.
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Kevin Fagan | San Francisco Chronicle
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10/7/24
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Gladys Marie Van Drie of Estes Park, a visionary in the free-community newspaper publishing industry, passed away on March 31, 2024, at the age of 87, following a brief battle with cancer.
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Staff | E&P Magazine
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9/27/24
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Al McCoy, the longtime radio play-by-play voice of the Phoenix Suns, has passed away. He was 91. McCoy was the longest-tenured team broadcaster in NBA history, calling Suns games for 51 years before retiring in 2023.
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Staff | Inside Radio
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9/23/24
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She steered vacationers and business travelers to choice destinations, talked about the best deals, and offered up savvy tips on how to avoid vexation.
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Sam Roberts | The New York Times
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9/19/24
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You can’t think of James Earl Jones without hearing his voice. The beloved actor died Monday, Sept. 9, according to his agent. He was 93.
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Brandon Griggs and Alli Rosenbloom | CNN
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9/10/24
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Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history from many of the nation’s most significant criminal and civil trials — Charles Manson, O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson, among others — died Sunday, Sept. 1. She was 80.
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John Rogers | The Associated Press
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9/3/24
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